Poem for the Weekend: Jean Follain
Before he was a poet, Jean Follain was a lawyer and then, a judge. He grew up in the small town of Canisy, France, and spent his adult year…Read More
Poem for the Weekend: Genevieve Kaplan
This week, I went looking for some very contemporary poets. I found lots of good stuff, bookmarked a few journals that were new to me, and this w…Read More
Poem for the Weekend: Lyn Lifshin
Last weekend at the Tuscon Festival of Books, a nice woman handed me a small green card. It's a Pocket Poem, in celebration of National Poe…Read More
Be the Sponge
I’ve been lecturing, I mean, um, working with one of our kids
lately. The kid who got a bad grade in math even though he’s actually quite
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"As soon as we express something, we devalue it strangely. We believe ourselves to have dived down into the depths of the abyss, and when we once again reach the surface, the drops of water on our pale fingertips no longer resemble the ocean from which they came...Nevertheless, the treasure shimmers in the darkness unchanged." ---Franz Kafka
About Me
Mary Vensel White is the author of Things to See in Arizona, Starling, Bellflower, and The Qualities of Wood. Her writing has appeared in The Madison Review, The Write Launch, Catapult, The Rumpus, Author Magazine, december magazine, and other places. She is an adjunct professor at Concordia University, Irvine, owner/editor at TypeEighteenEditing.com, and owner/publisher at TypeEighteenBooks.com. Currently, she lives in southern California.
That's a beautiful quote. Happy Thanksgiving to you.
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Nice blog Mary! And I LOVE the Cicero quote :)
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